Títulos en Detectives tradicionales

Il guardacaccia Gaël Leuven era un marcantonio solido come uno scoglio bretone, ma per ucciderlo sono bastate due coltellate al torace. A Louviec lo conoscevano tutti. Compreso Josselin de Chateaubriand (forse discendente di quel Chateaubriand), il nobilastro dall'abbigliamento eccentrico che adesso è il principale sospettato. Richiamato in Normandia dal commissario locale, Adamsberg si addentra nelle numerose ramificazioni del caso.

The major part of the human population lives under the surface of Earth. Humankind has created a Machine which meets all possible needs. Travelling is permitted but people do not feel the need for it. Everybody lives in a separate room and communication is made via messages and videos only. However, not everyone is content with this life. There are rebels like Kuno who want to explore and get out of the limitations set by the Machine. Kuno will try to escape but without success.

Sherlock Holmes decodifica una advertencia cifrada de la organización del profesor Moriarty, que lo lleva a abocarse al esclarecimiento de un extraño caso en la provincia de Inglaterra: un hombre llamado John Douglas, ha sido violentamente asesinado en su mansión del condado de Sussex.

Sherlock Holmes, a mas de un siglo de sus primeras apariciones, sigue siendo uno de los mas populares detectives de toda la literatura. Su metodo de deduccion, su sistema de eliminar todo lo imposible para que lo que quede sea lo cierto y su personalidad han logrado que muchos consideren a ese personaje como si fuera real.

In the fog-shrouded streets of Edwardian London, legendary detective Sherlock Holmes is drawn into a deceptively simple case: an elderly widow receives a mysterious offer to buy her home—the very house called Three Gables—along with every item of its furniture, so long as nothing may ever leave it. What follows is a twist-laden investigation involving a murdered diplomat’s secret manuscript, hired thugs, a glamorous widow with something to hide, and Watson silently watching the game unfold at Baker Street.

When Sherlock Holmes defeats Professor James Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls, he believes the “Napoleon of Crime” is finished. Then, in the pocket of a discarded coat, he finds the Professor’s private journal—and everything he thought he knew begins to unravel. Holmes opens not a memoir but a manifesto. In its pages lies the answer to the question: why would a calculating mind like Moriarty’s, knowing Holmes is a formidable fighter, choose close-quarters combat above a chasm?

Nella Londra degli anni Cinquanta, l’armonia magica del Natale sembra avvolgere ogni cosa. Eppure, in uno squallido appartamento di Islington, si è consumato un delitto orrendo. La vittima è un’anziana e misteriosa principessa russa decaduta. Dei gioielli di famiglia non c’è traccia. Così come del nipote Ivan. Unico indizio, il nome di un gioielliere locale…

Eppure molti interrogativi attendono ancora una risposta: dov’è finito il nipote della principessa? E cosa può significare il biglietto con il nome e l’indirizzo di un gioielliere locale rinvenuto nella stanza della defunta?

Nell’Inghilterra degli anni Trenta, nella sua antica e nobile magione di campagna, Adrian Gray riunisce i suoi sei figli. Ogni anno, in occasione del periodo natalizio, Adrian Gray e i suoi sei figli si ritrovano nella sua magione di gentiluomo di campagna. Nessuno dei figli sembra intrattenere buoni rapporti con il padre e tutti covano segretamente qualche motivo per volerne la morte. Così la mattina di Natale, quando al tavolo della colazione la sedia del padre resta vuota, nessuno di loro appare dispiaciuto. Un capolavoro poliziesco dell’età d’oro del giallo inglese.

Er wollte Holmes unbedingt an seinem nächsten Tatort mitten im Central Park dabei haben. Dann war da noch Ruth Hampton, die Witwe des ermordeten Bankiers Benjamin Hampton, die eigentlich nur ihr Erbe retten wollte. Bis ihr übereifriger Bruder ihr ungewollt einen Strich durch die gut geplante Rechnung macht und selber zum Täter wird. Holmes und Watson sind in Amerika so weit entfernt von einem echten Urlaub, wie von der Baker Street in London.

Kommissarin Fria Nordström wird zu einem Tatort nahe Flensburg gerufen: In einem Wäldchen hat man eine verscharrte Leiche entdeckt. Es gibt keinen Hinweis, wer der Tote ist. Aber Fria ist überzeugt, dass die mächtige Unternehmerfamilie von Groten, der das Land gehört, mehr weiß, als sie vorgibt. Überraschenderweise steht Fria kurz darauf auf der Gästeliste des Patriarchen Wilhelm von Groten, der in einem illustren Wellness-Resort auf Sylt seinen neunzigsten Geburtstag feiert.

Spenser may have uncovered an explosive secret that threatens the career of a controversial figure, in this latest installment of Robert B. Parker’s beloved series. Vic Hale isn’t anyone’s idea of a father figure. He is one of the biggest – and loudest -- podcasters in the nation and got...

"Attraverso le dita, il suo sguardo intercettò la cartina del Québec aperta sul tavolo. Era inutile farsi il sangue cattivo. Di lì a otto giorni sarebbe morto, e Adamsberg con lui". Una donna uccisa con tre ferite di arma da taglio, una catena di omicidi tutti uguali che affiora dal passato. Sul cammino di Adamsberg, il misterioso Tridente. Il commissario sa chi è l'assassino, ma anche il Tridente conosce Adamsberg. E torna, come il suo peggiore fantasma, per metterlo davanti all'unico nemico di cui avere paura: se stesso.

Reconstrucció dels assassinats comesos en 1949 per John George Haig, un assassí en sèrie que, en ser detingut, va confessar que era un vampir que necessitava alimentar-se de sang humana. Els jutges van sospitar que s'estava fent passar per boig per eludir la condemna de mort i, després de moltes deliberacions, el van enviar a la forca. Narrada en primera persona, la novel·la és una minuciosa aproximació als fets reals i exactes que van succeïr al mateix temps que reflexiona sobre la demència i sobre el crim i va amanit amb l'homenatge a tres mestres....

The beautiful Martina Bradshaw has sadly lost both her beloved father and her loving mother. They live in the little Kent village of Preston Bailey where her father, a talented musician, had written his music, which had never been successful with the public. Now Martina has to find a way of making money to pay her household of Mrs.

Med sit mod og sin sædvanlige sans for diplomati forsøger Andrew Doublas at opklare en kompliceret sag. En kvindelig italiensk jockey, en søn af en ejer af væddeløbsheste og en steward i en lokal jockeyklub bliver alle på dramatisk vis kidnappet. Bag denne internationale forbrydelse står en mand med en farlig interesse i hestevæddeløb. Dick Francis (1920-2010) var en britisk forfatter og jockey. Efter sin succesfulde karriere i hestevæddeløb og -træning dedikerede han sig til fiktionen og skrev sammen med sin kone utallige spændingsromaner i eget navn.

In the early days of 1924, Mary Russell and her husband, the inimitable Sherlock Holmes, are given an urgent task by his brother, Mycroft: find a British spy gone missing along India's northwest frontier, where men are dying and trouble is brewing. The spy's name? It is one Holmes knows from his sojourn in India long ago, and one Russell knows from a book. It is Kimball O'Hara, known to the world by the name Rudyard Kipling called him - Kim....

For years now, readers of the Russell Memoirs have wondered about the tantalizing mentions of Japan. Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes had spent three weeks there, between India ( The Game) and San Francisco ( Locked Rooms). The time has finally come to tell that story. It is 1925, and Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes arrive home to find...a stone. A stone with a name, which they last saw in the Tokyo garden of the future emperor of Japan.

Discover the possible origins of Doctor Who with this dramatized audiobook of the 1905 vintage sci-fi novel, Doctor Omega. Despite being written nearly 60 years earlier, the startling similarities start with 'the Doctor', and his two companions in the Cosmos are clear and continue with their fantastic voyage to the planet Mars! This unabridged audiobook is read by John Guilor, who portrayed William Hartnell's first doctor in the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who.

When Laura Carlyle left behind high society for committee meetings and quiet cups of tea, she never imagined her next guest would bring gossip, grief — and a murder. Rebecca Farrell is certain her husband didn’t just drop dead. And Laura’s late husband, an ex-civil servant with far too many secrets, taught her exactly how to spot a lie. Luckily (or not), help arrives in the form of Sebastian Silver — silver-haired, sharp-suited, and possibly a conman. He knows things about Harry Farrell that no one else does. The question is: can he be trusted?

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